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FILLING REPLENISHING LOOM Filed April 24, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 VENTOR:

ATTORNEY Sept 1929- A. w. BEARDSELL 1,727,315

FILLING REPLENISHING LOOM Filed April 24, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 N VE N TO R Q Zfw did/rial! A TTO ENE Y Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR W. BEARDSELL, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COR- PORATION, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

FILLING-REPLENISHING LOOM.

Application filed April 24,

This invention relates to filling replenishing looms where a fresh supply of filling is furnished from time to time while the loom continues to run.

Looms of the above type are now usually provided with a feeler mechanism for feeling into the shuttle on detecting beats and upon detection of substantial exhaustion of filling to call for replenishment. Where the feeler mechanism and the magazine or hopper are at opposite sides of the loom ithas been customary heretofore to part the outgoing" filling near the entrance to the replenishing box and position the filling end leading to the cloth selvage for the action of the temple thread cutter, and since the filling leads from the forward end of the shuttle, a long trailing end usually extends from the shuttle eye lengthwise of the shuttle box.

The two ends of filling thus produced, one leading to the cloth selvage and the other to the shuttle eye, are liable to be drawn into the shed during subsequent Weaving operations, thereby producing imperfect cloth, and many attempts have been made heretofore to obviate this defect. In some cases the end leading to the cloth selvage has been clamped and moved frontwardly by a shut tle fecler thread parter and clamp that it may be positioned for the action of the temple thread cutter duringsubsequent weaving, but. in such cztses the filling end leading through the shuttleeye may fail to be withdrawn from the shuttle or shuttle box on replenishment and consequently be carried into the shed. on subsequent picks of the shuttle. In other cases attempts have been made to overcome the di'lficulty by parting the filling adjacent the shuttle eye when it is properly positioned in the replenishing box, so that the short end may pass out of the slmttle and shuttle box with the outgoing filling carrier, and in such cases the long end extending to the cloth selvage has been carried frontwardly in an attempt to remove it f rom the danger zone and present it to the temple thread cutter. In all of these cases, however, there still remains the danger of one or the other portion of filling ends being carried into the shed owing to various causes incident to the weaving operation.

lain important feature of the present in vention therefore consists in means for obviating these objectionable conditions by 1928. Serial No. 272,382.

eliminating both of, such ends, or at least, the major portions thereof. In accordance with this feature of the invention, the outgoing filling is parted closely adjacentthe selvage of the cloth on call for replenishment of filling as the shuttle passes towards the filling replenishing shuttle box and to effect such parting of the outgoing filling as that there shall be no long end extending from the eye of theshuttle nor an end extending from the cloth selvage. 1

More specifically stated, the present invention provides a shuttle having a filling thread cutter mounted therein adjacent the delivery end of the shuttle and means which is rendered effective to operate the cutter on call for replenishment'of filling and at a point adjacent. the selvage of the cloth and also close to the shuttle eye, with the result that both ends of the spent filling are eliminated and danger of weaving imperfect cloth is obviated.

A still further important feature of the present invention consists in means for detecting the presence or absence of filling between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box following a call for replenishment, and in case the shuttle thread cutter has failed to part the filling to effect loom stoppage that an examination may be made as to the reasons why the cutterxhas failed to act effectively.

The invention, novel features thereof, and

new combination of parts will best be made clear from the following description and the accompanying drawings of one good form thereof.

In the drawings v Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a filling replenishing loom containing the present invention, some of the parts being omitted for clearness of illustration;

Fig. 2 is anenlarged side elevation showing more particularly the shuttle thread cutter and in outline indicating the delivery or eye end of the shuttle; i

Fig. .3 is a detached plan view of a threading block with which the cutter or cutter and clamp of the present invention may be associated;

Fig. 4 is an underside view of the threading block showingthe shuttle thread cutter and clamp and the relation thereof with respect to the side delivery eye; a

Fig. 5 is a front end view of the threading block having the cutter and clamp of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation through the lay, looking towards the replenishing shuttle box;

Fig. 6 is a detached detail with parts 1n section showing more particularly the actuating mechanism for the shuttle thread. parter and clamp in its inoperative position;

Fig. 7 is a sectional side elevation showing the actuator for the shuttle thread cutter and clamp in operative position on call for replenishment of filling;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view with parts broken away showing a detector or filling fork mechanism which may be appropriately used as part of the present invention for detecting the presence or absence of filling laid by the shuttle after the operation of the shuttle thread parter and clamp;

Fig. 9 is a plan view similar to Fig. 8, showing the relation of parts of the filling fork mechanism when the latter detects filling laid between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box after the action of the shuttle thread cutter and clamp; and

Fig. 10 is a slightly modified form showing the active end of the filling fork mechanism which may be utilized in connection with the present invention.

As hereinbefore mentioned, the loom is shown as of the filling replenishing type wherein upon substantial exhaustion of filling in the shuttle a fresh supply of filling may be inserted in the shuttle by the replenishing mechanism. The replenishing mechanism may be of any usual type and since the details of such mechanism form no essential part of the present invention and are now well understood in the art, a full illustration and description thereof is unnecessary.

The loom frame 1 may be of usual construction and extending between the side frames is the breast beam 2. Secured to the loom frame is the hopper or stand 3 containing a number of filling carriers or bobbins 4 having a fresh supply of filling thereon, and associated with the hopper or magazine, which is herein indicated as of the rotary type, is a transferrer 5, whereby on call for replenishment of filling by the filling feeler, as will presently appear, the transferrer 5 is actuated to transfer a fresh filling carrier from the hopper or magazine into the shuttle and to displace or throw out of the shuttle the outgoing or denuded filling carrier or bobbin.

The lay 6 is provided with the usual shuttle boxes 7 and 8, one at each end of the lay, and the shuttle box 8 at the replenishing side of the loom is provided with the usual bottom opening 9 through which the outgoing filling carrier may pass on replenishment of filling. The lay carries the usual reed 10 which is surmounted by the upper or hand rail 11, as more clearly indicated in Figs. 1, 6 and 6*.

Mounted on the loom frame at the side opposite the magazine or hopper is a filling feeler mechanism to feel for the filling in the shuttle on detecting beats, and when substantial exhaustion of filling is detected the filling feeler mechanism calls for replenishment of filling through a train of mechanism extending to the opposite side of the loom for positioning the dog 12, Fig. 6, which is connected to the arm 13 of the transferrer, so that on call for replenishment of filling by the filling feeler mechanism the dog will be positioned for engagement by a hunter on the lay, as usual, to effect replenishment of filling.

In the present instance of the invention, the filling feeler mechanism consists of a stand 14L mounted at the shipper side of the loom and comprising a filling feeler 15 normally impelled rearwardy by a spring 16 and adapt ed to enter an opening 17 in the front wall of the shuttle box and a similar opening in the side wall of the shuttle on detecting beats to determine the condition of the filling in the shuttle. The filling feeler mechanism may be of any usual character but as herein shown is substantially the same as the similar mechanism shown and described in the patent to Edward S. Stimpson, No. 1,309,226, dated July 9, 1918, the essentials being that when the filling feeler mechanism detects substantial exhaustion of filling a train of mechanism will be positioned for effecting replenishment of filling when the shuttle reaches the filling replenishing shuttle box. In the construction shown, the transmitter 18, which is associaated with the filling feeler, is adapt ed to operatively position a finger 19 with respectto an operating member 20, which may be the cam follower or a part associated therewith, so that on frontward movement of the operating member the arm 21 will be moved frontwardly and, through its connection by the arm 22 with the transverse or rock shaft 23, rock said shaft, as usual in this class of looms, for positioning the dog 12 connected with the transferrer for effecting replenishment of filling.

As hereinbefore stated, one of the purposes of the present invention is to avoid the presence of filling ends extending from either the cloth selvage or from the shuttle eye when filling replenishment is to be elfected, and to this end the shuttle 24, shown in outline in Fig. 2, is provided with a filling thread cutter and clamp which is to be made effective to part the filling of the outgoing filling carrier at a point adjacent or close to the cloth selvage at the replenishing side of the loom when the filling feeler mechanism calls for a change of filling.

The shuttle 24 may be provided with a threading block 25 having the usual longitudinal extending thread passage, and mounted on the threading lock adjacent the side delivery eye 26 of the shuttle is a stop 27, Fig. 2, which is located directly above the recess 28 which leads to the side delivery eye. Pivotally supported at 29 is the shuttle parter and clamp, the latter of which is normally under the influence of a light spring 30 tending to lift the clamp into engagement with the stop 27. As shown, the clamp comprises the two side members 31 between which is located the thread cutter 32 which may be pivotally supported on the stud 29, as inclicated in Fig. 2. The non-cutting portion of the cutter 32 is connected to a link 33 which is pivotally connected at 34 with an arm 35 extending from a plunger 36 which is normally under the influence of a spring 37 tending to hold the plunger in raised position, as indicated in Fig. 2. The spring 37 is stronger than the spring 30 which acts upon the clamping members 31, and a pin 38 extends from the cutter into side recesses formed in the clamping members 31, with the result that the spring 37 normally holds the cutter and the two clamping members-in their inoperative position, as indicated in Fig. 2. Pivotally mounted upon the threading block at 39 is the operating finger 40 which ext-ends somewhat above the top of the shuttle and has a downwardly extending free end, as inclicated, and the under surface of the operating finger 40 is connected to the plunger 36, with the result that should the operating finger 40 be depressed, the clamping members 31 will be freed to the action of the light spring 30 to first clamp the thread between them and the stop 27 and thereafter the cutter 32 will be operated to cut the thread between the two clamping members and at a point close to the side delivery eye 26 of the shuttle.

As hereinbefore stated, it is desirable to cause the shuttle thread cutter and clamp to operate and part the thread close to the cloth selvage at the replenishing side of the loom on call for replenishment of filling so that after the cutter has operated the shuttle will not deliver any thread thereafter as it approaches the entrance to the filling replenishing shuttle box, the result being that the filling from the outgoing filling carrier will present no objectionable end at the cloth selvage and the end leading from the filling carrier in the shuttle will extend only from the filling carrier to a point inside of the side delivery eye; consequently, on replenishment of filling the outgoing filling carrier will withdraw the short filling end and all danger of either end of filling being carried into the shed will be avoided.

Mounted upon the lay adjacent the cloth selvage is the shuttle thread parter actuator normally inoperatively positioned with respect to the shuttle thread parter but adapted to be operatively related thereto on call for replenishment of filling by the filling feelermechanism. As indicated in the drawings, the lay has the bridge piece 41 mounted there on adjacent the cloth selvage, and, as indicated, the bridge 41 may be attached to the hand rail 11 at its upper end and to the front portion of the lay, as at l2. Pivotally mounted on the bridge-piece at 43 is an arm l4: carrying a projecting lug l5 which constitutes a shuttle thread parter actuator, and the bridge 41 is provided with an opening 46 through which the projection extends.

Connected to the arm 44 at 4:7 is the link 48 pivotally secured at 4:9 to a rocker 50 normally under the influence of a spring 51 tending to turn the rocker into the position indicated by Fig. 6, thereby normally holding the projection or actuator 45 in its raised or inoperative position. A suitable stop 52 may be utilized to limit the upward movement of the actuator.

The rocker 50 for positioning the shuttle thread cutter actuator may be conveniently mounted upon a stud or dead shaft 53, and the stud or dead shaft may itself be conveniently mounted on a projecting arm 54: secured to the lay. Under the described construction, one end of the spring 51 is secured to the projection 54 and the other end is extended at 55 to bear upon a pin 56 extending from the lower arm 57 of the rocker, the construction being such that the actuator for the shuttle thread parter will normally maintain its upward or inoperative position.

The shuttle thread parter is to be actuated on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread parter to part or cut the thread during the flight of the shuttle and at a point closely adjacent the cloth selvage as the shuttle approaches the entrance to the filling replenishin shuttle box.

Mounted on the transverse or rock shaft 23 is the rearwardly extending lifter 58which normally maintains a lowered position, as in dicated in Fig. 6, but when the transverse or rock shaft 23 is rocked in response to thefilling feeler mechanism, as is usual, the lifter 58 is raised from the position of Fig. 6 to that of Fig. 7, thereby contacting with the pin 56 on the rocker 50 and turning the rocker from the position indicated in Fig. 7, thereby lowering the actuator for the shuttle thread parter into its operative position, with the result that as the shuttle is picked towards the filling replenishing box the actuator will engage the linger 40 of the shuttle thread parter and actuate the parter to part the thread. The lifter 58 preferably extends rearwardly to a sufficient distance to maintain the actuator in its operative position until the transverse or rock shaft again resumes its normal position following the indication of substantial exhaustion offilling by the filling feeler.

From the construction thus far described it will be apparent that on call for replenishment of filling by the filling feeler mechanism, the actuator for the shuttle thread partor will be placed in operative position to actuate the parter to part or cut the thread at a point adjacent the cloth selvage as the leading end of the shuttle emerges from the shed and before it reaches the entrance to the filling replenishing shuttle box. The result is that the shuttle will not thereafter deliver thread and no trailing end of thread will exist between the point where the shuttle thread p arter parted or cut the thread adjacent the cloth selvage and the filling replenishing box. It will also be apparent that since the thread has been parted inside the shuttle eye, there will be no trailing end of thread in the replenishing shuttle box, so that on replenishment of filling the outgoing filling carrier will take with it he end extending into the longi tudinal thread passage of the threading block. Thus no trailing end, extending either from the cloth selvage or from the shuttle eye, will exist, and consequently all danger of weaving imperfect cloth due to such trailing end will be avoided.

While the shuttle thread parter or cutter will ordinarily effectually operate to part or cut the thread, as hereinbefore described, the present invention provides means for effect ing loom stoppage in case the parter fails to perform its parting or cutting function. Such failure may be due to the accumulation of lint or the wearing of parts or other contingencies, but in any event, where the shuttle thread parter fails to part the thread as described it is desirable to stop the loom to examine the cause of such defective action, and to this end the present invention contemplates the provision of a detector between the cloth selvage and the adjacent filling replenishing shuttle box which shall be rendered operative to effect loom stoppage in case the shuttle cutter has failed to cut the thread.

One good form of detector to the above ends consists of a filling fork mechanism located between the cloth selvage and adjacent the filling replenishing shuttle box to effect loom stoppage in case the filling fork mechanism detects filling after the cutter has operated.

Mounted on the loom frame and conveniently located at the front of the loom is the stop shaft 59, Fig. 1, having at its shipper end the upwardly extending arm 60 carry ing a hooked link 61, the hook of which engages over the laterally extending arm 62 of a shipper knockoff 63, the outer end of which bears against the shipper 64-. Similarly extending upwardly from the stop shaft 59 at the opposite side of the loom is a finger 65 which bears upon the front end portion of the filling fork slide 66, the construction being such that should the filling fork slide 66 be moved frontwardly, it will actuate the stop shaft 59 and cause loom stoppage.

The filling fork slide 66 is mounted upon the guideways 67, Fig. 1, and its rear end portion has pivotally connected thereto the filling fork, comprising the head 68 from which extend downwardly the tines 69. The filling fork slide is bifurcated at its rear end portion, as usual, and extending between the bifurcated portions of the slide is a stud or dead shaft 70'on which is mounted for rocking movement the loop member 71, the rearwardly extending end portion 7 2 of which projects beneath the head 68 of the filling fork, so that when the filling fork is not tilted, as indicated in Fig. 10, the loop 71 will not engage the hook member 72 associated with the usual cam follower or actuator 73, the effect being that the filling fork mechanism will not effect loom stoppage on the absence of lling.

Since it is desirable to stop the loom through the filling fork mechanism when filling is laid by the shuttle after the action of the shuttle thread parter or cutter, the filling fork mechanism is under the control of means associated with the filling fork mechaism. As indicated in Fig. 10, a lever member 74: is pivotally mounted on the slide 66 at 75 and extending through an opening in the slide 66 is a pin 76 which underlies the frontwardly eat-ending loop portion 71 of the filling fork echanism. The lever member 74; extends frontwardly and has a lateral projection T2, Fig. l, which overlies the rear end portion of an arm 78 connected at 79 with the transverse or rock shaft 23, the result bein that when the filling feeler mechanism indicates substantial exhaustion of filling and the transverse or rock shaft 23 is rocked frontwardly, the arm 78 lifts the front end portion of the lever 74: and causes the pin 7 6 to drop from its position, indicated in Fig. 10, so that the loop 71 is held in its raised position solely by the filling fork head 68. Should filling be presented to the filling fork as the lay moves frontwardly after the actuation of the shuttle thread parter or cutter, the filling fork will be tilted, thereby turning the head 68 of the filling fork to permit the loop 71 to drop into engagement with the cam follower hook 72, and thereby effectloom stoppage when filling thread is presented to the filling fork mechanism after the operation by the shuttle thread cutter or parter. It will be apparent that the filling fork mechanism just described does not cause loom stoppage on the absence of filling but rather on the presence of filling, and such mechanism constitutes a good form of detector means for determining whether or not the shuttle thread parter or cutter has functionally operated on call for replenishment of filling to prevent the formation of trailing ends of filling from the depleted filling carrier in the shuttle.

It is now the common practice to provide filling replenishing looms with filling fork mechanisms to effect loom stoppage in case the filling fails or runs out completely, and this is frequently embodied in what is termed the double filling fork loom. With this in mind the present invention provides a fur ther filling form mechanism which during normal weaving operation will effect loom stoppage on failure of filling and will also act to effect loom stoppage on the presence of filling after call for replenishment.

The feeler mechanism. of the last described type is shown by Figs. 8 and 9 wherein the filling fork slide 66 has pivotally mounted at its rear end the filling for]: head 68 provided with the downwardly extending tines 69, similar in all respects to the filling fork head and tines described with respect to Fig. 10.

Extending between the side members of the slide 66 is the pin 80 on which. is loosely mounted the loop member 81 which when in lowered position, as indicated in Fig. 8, is adapted to engage the cam follower hook 82.

The loop 81 which for identification may be regarded as the primary loop, is also provided with a downwardly extending arm 83 which. has a laterally extended portion 84 underlying the rear end portion. of a lever 85 pivoted to the filling forkslide at 86 and under control of the filling feeler mechanism, as will presently appear. Secured to the filling fork head 68 is the arm or lifter 87 having a laterally extending end portion 88 underlying the primary loop 81, the construction being such with the parts in normal position as indicated in. Fig. 8 that the filling fork mechanism will be operated to effect loom stoppage on the absence of filling, or, in other words, when the head 68 is not tilted, and consequently the arm 87 fails to lift the primary loop 81. lhe mechanism now acts as an ordinary filling fork mechanism to stop the loom on the absence or failure of filling.

Loosely mounted upon the stud 80 is the secondary loop 89 having a rearwardly eX- tending end portion or projection 90 which underlies the head 68 of the filling fork.

, trol of the filling feeler mechanism. With the parts as indicated in Fig. 8, should the filling fork be tilted by the presence of filling, the arm 87 will lift the primary loop 81 so that it will not engage the cam follower hook 82, but should it fail to be tilted by the absence of filling the primary loop 81 will engage the cam follower hook 82 and the loom will be stopped as usual.

When the filling feeler mechanism indi cates substantial exhaustion of filling and the arm 7 8 turns the lever 85 into the dotted line position of Fig. 9, the rearwardly extending arm of this lever presses upon the lateral projection 84: of the primary loop 81 and such primary loop will be thrown out of filling.

As usual in connection with filling fork mechanisms, the lay carries or may carry a grid, such, for instance, as indicated at 92,

Fig. 9, wherein it will be noted. that the filling fork has been tilted by the filling a in front of the grid as the lay moves frontwardly after call for replenishment of filling.

From. the construction described it will be apparent that the present invention provides cutting mechanism for cutting the spent filling close to the cloth selvage upon call for replenishment of filling by the filling feeler mechanism, and such cutting of the filling is accomplished at the eye of the shuttle during its pick before it enters the filling replenishing box, so that the shuttle is prevented from thereafter laying filling between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box and all trailing ends are eliminated. It will also be observed that the present invention provides means for detecting the presence or absence of filling following a call for replenishment of filling and the operation of the shuttle thread cutter, and in case the filling fails to be cut to effect loom stoppage.

WVhat is claimed is: v

1. In an automatic filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter carried by the shuttle, a cutter actuator adjacent the cloth selvage and rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling at the instant the shuttle eye is adjacent the cloth selvage and thereafter prevent delivery of thread by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box.

2. In an automatic filling replenishing loom the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, a cutter actuator rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling adj acentthe cloth selvage and thereafter prevent delivery of thread by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box, and means for effecting loom stoppage should the shuttle thread cutter fail to part the thread.

3. In an automatic filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter carried by the shuttle, a cutter actuator mounted on the lay adjacent the cloth selvage and means rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to operatively position the cutter actuator and cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling adjacent the cloth selvage and thereafter prevent the formation of end of appreciable length extending from the cloth selvage by preventing delivery of thread from the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box.

4. In an automatic filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, a cutter actuator mounted on the lay between the entrance to the shuttle box and cloth selvage and rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling adjacent the cloth selvage and thereafter prevent delivery of thread by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance tothe shuttle box, and means for stopping the loom should the shuttle thread cutter fail to part the thread.

5. In a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter carried by the shuttle, a cutter actuator mounted on the lay adjacent the cloth selvage and rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the thread adjacent the cloth selvage be fore the shuttle wholly passes from the shed that filling may not thereafter be delivered by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box and form an end of appreciable length extending from the cloth selvage.

6. In a filling replenishing loom, the coin bination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, a cutter actuator mounted on the lay between the entrance to the shuttle box and cloth selvage and rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the thread adjacent the cloth selvage before the shuttle wholly passes from the shed that filling may not thereafter be delivered by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle'box, and means for stopping the loom should the shuttle deliver thread after operation of the shuttle thread cutter.

7. In an automatic filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, a cutter actuator mounted on the lay between the entrance to the shuttle box and cloth selvage and rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling adjacent the cloth selvage and thereafter prevent delivery of thread by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and entrance to the shuttle box, and detector mechanism between the cutter actuator and shuttle box for stopping the loom should filling be laid by the shuttle between the cloth selvage and shuttle box after the shuttle cutter actuator has operated.

8. I11 a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, an actuator for causing the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling on call for replenishment of filling, a detector between the actuator and shuttle box for detecting the presence or absence of filling, and means for causing the detector to efiect loom stoppage when filling is detected between the cloth selvage and shuttle box on the beat up movement of the lay immediately following a call for replenishment of filling.

9. In a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a filling feeler for initiating replenishment when the filling in the shuttle is substantially exhausted, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, a cutter actuator rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to cut the thread adjacent the cloth selvage at the replenishing side of the loom, a detector between the cutter actuator and entrance to the shuttle box, and means for stopping the loom should filling thread be detected between the cutter actuator and entrance to the shuttle box following a call for replenishment of filling.

10. In a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a filling feeler for initiating replenishment when the filling in the shuttle is substantially exhausted, a shuttle provided with a filling thread cutter, a cutter actuator rendered effective on call for replenishment of filling to cause the shuttle thread cutter to cut the thread adjacent the cloth selvage at the replenishing side of the loom, a filling fork mechanism between the cloth selvage and filling magazine, and means controlled by the filling feeler to cause the filling fork mechanism to effect loom stoppage when the filling fork is tilted by the presence of filling following a call for replenishment.

11. In a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a filling feeler for effecting replenishment of filling when the filling in the shuttle is substantially exhausted, means for parting the filling at the cloth selvage remote from the filling feeler upon call for replenishment, a filling fork mechanism between the cloth selvage and replenishing shuttle box, and means controlled by the filling feeler to cause the filling fork mechanism to effect loom stoppage when the filling fork mechanism detects the presence of filling following a call for replenishment by the filling feeler.

12. In a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a filling feeler to feel for the filling in. the shuttle and on substantial exhaustion thereof to call for replenishment, a shuttle provided. with a filling thread cutter, means for causing the shuttle thread cutter to part the filling adjacent the cloth selvage remote from the filling feeler 011 call for replenishment, a weft fork mechanism between the selvage and replenishing shuttle box, and means controlled by the filling feeler to cause the weft fork mechanism to effect loom stoppage when filling is presented to said mechanism following an operation of the shuttle thread cutter.

13. In a filling replenishing loom, the combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, at filling feeler to detect the condition of the filling in the shuttle on detecting beats and call for replenishment when the filling is substantially exhausted, means for parting the filling adj acent the cloth selvage at the replenishing side of the loom on call for replenishment by the filling feeler, a filling fork i'i'iechanism between the replenishing shuttle box: an ii the adjacent cloth selvage, loom stopping means adapted to be operated by said mechanism and means between the filling feeler and filling fork mechanism to render the latter operative to effect loom stoppage when filling presence is detected by the filling fork mechanism following an operation of said parting means.

14:- In a filling replenishing loom, the

combination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a

for causing the clamping members to clamp the thread and then the cutter to part the thread after the thread has been clamped in the shuttle.

15. In a filling replenishing loom, thecombination of the lay and shuttle boxes, a filling feeler to feel for the filling in the shuttle and call for replenishment on substantial eXhaustion of filling, means for cutting the filling adjacent the cloth selvage at the replenishing side on call for replenishment, a filling fork iiechanism normally operative to stop 'the loom on filling failure, and means controlled by the filling feeler to cause the filling fork n'ieclianism to stop the loom on presence of filling after an operation of the cutting means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ARTHUR W. BEARDSELL. 

